Feminism has transformed the academic study of literature, fundamentally altering the canon of what is taught and setting new agendas for literary analysis. In

Ezell critically examines these successful women's literary histories and applies to them the same self-conscious feminism that critics have applied to more tra

In this timely book Janet Todd offers an analysis and defence of the feminist literary history practised by Elaine Showalter and other contemporary American lit

For more than a decade Nina Baym has pioneered in the reexamination of American literature. She has led the way in questioning assumptions about American litera

With selections by more than 100 writers and scholars, the Reader is an ideal companion for literature surveys where critical and theoretical texts are featured